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Letter from WILLIAM GOODHUE SHAW to GEORGE PERKINS MARSH, dated
March 11, 1857.,
Original located at the University of Vermont's Special Collections in the George
Perkins Marsh Collection, filed by date.,
http://cdi.uvm.edu/collections/item/wgsgpm570311 (accessed March 31, 2015)

Letter from WILLIAM GOODHUE SHAW to GEORGE PERKINS MARSH, dated
March 11, 1857.

Transcribed by
:
Ellen Thomson and Ralph H. Orth

TEI mark-up by
:
James P. Tranowski andEllen Thomson

Published by: University of Vermont. All rights reserved.

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State of Vermont--Executive DepartmentBurlington March 11th 1857

Sir,

I am directed by His Excellency, Gov Fletcher, to Communicate
to you the information, you have been appointed one of the Committee of three, to
prepare a plan according to which the rebuilding, repairs and improvements of the
State House are to be made, as provided for by an Act of the General Assembly of
this State, entitled "An Act providing for rebuilding the State House" approved
Feby 27th 1857 --

The Governor has appointed, as your Associates on said Committee, Hon. Erastus Fairbanks of St Johnsbury, and Hon John
Porter of Hartford.

The appointment of Superintending Commissioner, provided for by the third section of
said Act, has been conferred upon Hon Thomas E. Powers of
Woodstock.